Jet Set Radio’s creators: Where are they now?
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The HD port of Jet Set Radio arrives today on PS3 via PlayStation Plus. A new credit appears on the uopdated version: it was ported by a company called Blit Software, who also handled the downloadable versions of Sonic CD. The original, of course, was done by Sega’s Smilebit team, who couldn’t be brought in to handle the port on account of not existing anymore.
Despite a spectacular career on the Dreamcast, during which it created both JSR and The Typing of the Dead, along with a standout performance record on Xbox (Gunvalkyrie, Panzer Dragoon Orta, and, of course, Jet Set Radio Future), Smilebit was disbanded in 2004.
After playing Jet Set Radio, I assumed everyone involved with it would go on to even brighter things, in terms of both critical and financial success and explosive creativity. They’ve certainly achieved success, at the very least.
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